Roundup: Alisal soccer team reaches title match

The Alisal High boys soccer team stayed undefeated with a come-from-behind 2-1 Saturday against Lincoln in a semifinal match of the Oak Grove Gold Cup tourney at Oak Grove High in San Jose.

The Trojans (5-0) will face Palo Alto in the championship Saturday at Oak Grove at a time yet to be determined.

Alisal trailed 1-0 at halftime. But eight minutes into the second half Luis Duenas scored on an assist from Lorenzo Vazquez.

Willy Miranda then broke the tie with an unassisted goal with about seven minutes to play.

Alisal hosts unbeaten Alvarez on Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.

Boys basketball

Palma 71, Colfax 24: At Pacific Grove, Noah Allen tied a career high Saturday by scoring 36 points in a win over Colfax. He netted 36 points against Gilroy in his sophomore season.

Allen nailed six 3-point field goals and was eight-of-nine from the free throw line as Palma went to 2-0. Mason Miguel and Jacob Taylor followed with seven points each.

Palma visits Piedmont Hills on Tuesday then plays its first home game of the year Thursday against Soquel, which beat Santa Cruz 48-44 Saturday in the championship game of the Santa Cruz Dads Club tourney.

Salinas 68, Pioneer 63: At Santa Cruz Dads tourney, the Cowboys won two of three, closing the tourney with a win Saturday.

Josef Delk paced Salinas with 22 points and five rebounds and Zach Teeter had 11 points and five rebounds.

Delk and Brian Amiya were named all-tourney.

Salinas (3-1) visits Soledad on Tuesday.

Men's basketball

Diablo Valley 70, Hartnell 65: At San Jose City tourney, the Panthers dropped their second straight to fall to 3-5 overall.

Hartnell has a home game Saturday at 5 p.m.

Football

State championship games: The pairings have been made for the California state high school football title games Dec. 14-15 at The Home Depot Center in Carson.

Wrestling

Palma: At South Madera High, Hildelv Manzur won the 285-pound championship in the Chukchansi Invitational, finishing the two-day event with a 5-0 record. He beat Edwin Alfaro of King City in the title match.

As a team Palma placed seventh.

Individually for Palma, Alex Garcia placed third at 145, Tyler Escoto was third at 220, Hunter Rehbein was eighth at 120 and Reed Worthy took eighth at 152.

Carmel: At Golden Gate Invitational, the Padres had four medalists at the 35-school tourney.

Jason Moser was third at 126 pounds, Jack Carmenita was fifth at 145, Santana Ponce claimed fifth at 195 and Rostin Ahmadi placed seventh at 182.